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Cai Campbell

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Nick! Nick! Quad First! Speak up!

I asked him about it before and he said he didn't have a copy, but had heard that it existed.

The first Boston album would be absolutely killer as a surround-sound release, if left in capable hands. Just please don't leave the job to Tom Scholz, or we won't see it until 2026! Wait a minute... maybe that's why we haven't seen it yet... ;)
 
Cai Campbell said:
Nick! Nick! Quad First! Speak up!

The first Boston album would be absolutely killer as a surround-sound release, if left in capable hands. Just please don't leave the job to Tom Scholz, or we won't see it until 2026! Wait a minute... maybe that's why we haven't seen it yet... ;)
I asked him about it before and he said he didn't have a copy, but had heard that it existed.

Nick has a pile of things on lp that are not gonna be the ticket. This would be on a reel and i asked Nick about these many many years ago. For some reason, i don't think he heard these reels. Unless we have real quiet lurker, these could be in a box that, someone knows nothing.;) Sargent Schultz syle or just does not know what they have--my guess is they have no clue.
 
quadtrade said:
I asked him about it before and he said he didn't have a copy, but had heard that it existed.

Nick has a pile of things on lp that are not gonna be the ticket. This would be on a reel and i asked Nick about these many many years ago. For some reason, i don't think he heard these reels. Unless we have real quiet lurker, these could be in a box that, someone knows nothing.;) Sargent Schultz syle or just does not know what they have--my guess is they have no clue.

I do not know why, but the rumours always went back to Michael Robin, who died several years ago. The rumours all those years ago, were that around 20-30 multitracks from Columbia, had been heard by folks in the industry, never released, and somehow they became available at a price. Ya gotta remember how few folks could afford a reel to reel all those years ago, and then how many cared (about music, then about quad) after that.(music to many was am radio) People made 3 bucks an hour and a reel was 500. A few of these made it out to folks who cared, probably a few to some who never passed on the knowledge of what they had. Gone. After they passed, given to goodwill or the dump.....
 
I hope when they finally remix the 12 track originals they do a better job than they did with the SQ pressing. Never a fan of SQ - this one sounds okay with one of the lafayette SQ-w units - but with the tate II - there's just too much pumping - and the back channels seem a bit too low.

I put a wav of it on my ftp site (ONLY for demo and research purposes - not meant as a boot for distribution)

anyone interested can contact me for the password and login off list [email protected]
 
Bill Brent said:
I hope when they finally remix the 12 track originals they do a better job than they did with the SQ pressing. Never a fan of SQ - this one sounds okay with one of the lafayette SQ-w units - but with the tate II - there's just too much pumping - and the back channels seem a bit too low.

I put a wav of it on my ftp site (ONLY for demo and research purposes - not meant as a boot for distribution)

anyone interested can contact me for the password and login off list [email protected]
What are you talking about, what SQ pressing??
 
click on the image (its a 7 meg mp3 file)


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This would come out the week my tate is in the shop, wouldn't it. If this is in fact the SQ version, we got to get this to Tab for his software conversion method.
 
its only sq - the real separation is only 3db. the reason the sq-w sounds good is because it blends the back channels without any real pumping, when there's a front center signal. the result is an OK surround effect. I'll wait for a real quad (or 5.1) source.
 
Bill Brent said:
its only sq - the real separation is only 3db. the reason the sq-w sounds good is because it blends the back channels without any real pumping, when there's a front center signal. the result is an OK surround effect. I'll wait for a real quad (or 5.1) source.

Yes, it's only sq......only the legendary sq version. Tab has been experimenting with this software based SQ decoding, which has been having better results with a conversion. Please, please, ask Tab if he wants to do a conversion of this and send him a copy. If not, at least trade with me.
 
Bill Brent said:
click on the image (its a 7 meg mp3 file)






Bill what country is this from? What does the back look like. If it is SQ, cut us a copy on cd, encoding will be intact. It isn't hard to determine if it is just stereo!
 
quadtrade said:
Bill what country is this from? What does the back look like. If it is SQ, cut us a copy on cd, encoding will be intact. It isn't hard to determine if it is just stereo!

Got it at a flea market around 1980 - cover was a little beat - but the disk was fine. you can download the mp3 by clicking the photo above - or contact me off list and I give you access to my ftp site so you can download the wavs (I put foreplay/longtime and rock and roll band up).
 
how can you tell if something is really SQ - visually I use an osilliscope - when a round pattern appears it indicates a 90 degree phase shift. the other way is to play it through a straight decoder and listen for separation between left and right rear. - this passes both those tests - though until now i thought is was just another import, figured I had missed the US release when the album was current. As you'll hear - its nothing special - which is why I was hoping for a new mix.
 
quadtrade said:
Bill what country is this from? What does the back look like. If it is SQ, cut us a copy on cd, encoding will be intact. It isn't hard to determine if it is just stereo!
Language is Latin American......luckily my Italian background helps me understand all type..."Group of the Year.....Platinum Record......Best Band Of The Year (Time Magazine)".

Mas Que Un Sentimiento means More Than A Feeling.
 
I'd like to believe this is the real deal, but I am very familiar with this album, and I don't detect any mix differences with this and the standard stereo mix. Usually you can tell a remix by at least slight variations with the stereo mix. Also, I would expect a CBS SQ quad mix to be aggressive, which this is most definitely not. It doesn't decode well at all. A wack at it with the software SQ decoding will be the real test.

I don't claim direct knowlege, but it was my understanding that the quad mix never saw a legitimate release anywhere. I've only heard of the test pressing getting out, maybe just an acetate, and that was in a standard stereo sleeve.

Bill, I hope you have the real deal, but I really question this album, unfortunately.
 
Wouldn't it be a PEQ?

One other thing is that the label is one of the '80s style EPIC variations. I don't think the black label with the cursive EPIC logo was used until long after SQ faded away.
 
JonUrban said:
Wouldn't it be a PEQ?

One other thing is that the label is one of the '80s style EPIC variations. I don't think the black label with the cursive EPIC logo was used until long after SQ faded away.
Yeah, that's Thriller era Epic. Boston was on the orange Epic label.
 
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